Hold'em table

AJo on the button in 3-handed play is a strong open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and to take the initiative.

98 suited plays well against a button opening range. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position while retaining its drawing potential.

Calling costs 150 into a 600-chip pot, giving favorable 4-to-1 pot odds. K9 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind at this price, but not strong enough to squeeze for value.

Top pair with an open-ended straight draw is strong on this connected flop. Betting for value and protection charges diamond draws and overcards.

Top pair with a strong kicker and a backdoor diamond draw is enough to call this bet. Raising would tend to isolate stronger hands while exposing us to a costly reraise on this coordinated, multiway flop.

AJ has no pair and no real draw on a coordinated 976 two-tone board, facing a bet and a call. Overcards aren't worth calling at these odds in a multiway pot.

I have a nine-high straight. Betting for value also charges diamond draws and other hands that could improve on the river.

Top pair is a weak bluff-catcher on this four-straight board, especially against a large turn barrel following a multiway flop lead. With few reliable improvement outs, calling does not justify the roughly 30% equity required.

43 offsuit is a weak button hand with poor high-card strength and limited playability, so I’ll pass rather than invest against two opponents.

A6 offsuit is strong enough to open from the small blind after the button folds. Raising to 3 big blinds pressures the big blind and can win the pot immediately.

Pocket aces in the big blind facing a small-blind open: 3-betting to 10bb builds the pot while out of position. Value-raising is clearly best.

A6 offsuit is a weak defense against this three-bet, especially out of position with substantial domination risk. Without evidence of excessive aggression, folding is preferable to calling or four-bet bluffing.

92 suited is too weak for a standard button open against two unknown blinds. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor high-card strength and limited connectivity.

Pocket jacks are a strong value hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising to 3x to build the pot while staying out of position against the big blind.

A4 suited plays well heads-up in position against a small-blind raise. Calling keeps weaker hands in the pot without inflating it unnecessarily.

As the preflop raiser I have a range advantage on K85 two-tone. A small 1/3-pot bet with JJ gets value from weaker pairs and draws, denies equity to overcards and hearts, and keeps the pot manageable out of position.

The nut-flush draw and ace overcard give me strong equity. Raising the small flop bet adds fold equity while building the pot when I improve.

JJ on K85 two-tone facing a check-raise; the BB's range includes flush draws, straight draws and some bluffs, so calling 600 into 1600 is fine with good equity, while raising would only get called by better hands.

JJ is a bluff-catcher against a flop raise on a K-high board. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets their draws and bluffs keep betting. I'll decide on calling based on their sizing.

The paired turn weakens my flush draw, and a bet is unlikely to fold out a king. Checking takes the free card and avoids a check-raise.

Jacks full of fives is near the top of our range on a board where the heart flush just got there, so value bet into the flushes and Kx hands that check-raised the flop. Only KK, 55 or K5 beat us.

I have the nut flush. A raise targets smaller flushes and other strong hands, though the paired board makes a full house possible.

Jacks full is near the top of my range here. Villain's river raise is most likely a flush or a weaker full house, which may call a shove, and only K5, KK or 55 beat me, so I'm jamming for value.

I have the ace-high flush. Although the paired board allows full houses, calling 4600 into 15400 is worthwhile against a range that can include lower flushes and bluffs.

In 3-handed play on the button, 75o is at the bottom edge of an opening range, and both blinds are left to act behind me. Folding is the low-variance, roughly break-even choice.

J7 suited is strong enough to raise against the big blind heads-up, with some chance to win the pot immediately.

Calling costs 200 to contest a 600-chip pot, and we have position against a potentially wide small-blind opening range. With no rake, 6-5 offsuit is a reasonable marginal defend.

I have a flush draw and can make a small continuation bet for value against weaker draws while pressuring hands that missed the flop.

Middle pair is strong enough to defend against a small continuation bet in a wide blind-versus-blind pot. Calling preserves position and keeps bluffs in without inflating the pot with a weak kicker.

I have a flush draw but no made hand. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me respond to my opponent's turn action.

My pair of sixes has showdown value, and the turn adds a gutshot straight draw. Checking takes a free river without inflating the pot against stronger pairs.

J-high is unlikely to win at showdown. A 700-chip river bet can pressure missed draws and weak pairs after the turn checked through.

Rivered trips are strong enough for a value raise against the many king-pair hands that can bet this line. Raising to 2200 targets those bluff-catchers while avoiding an unnecessarily large commitment against straights, full houses, or better sixes.

My heart draw missed, leaving only jack-high. Calling a river raise with no made hand is unlikely to be profitable.

J8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise keeps the risk modest while applying pressure to the blinds.

62 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more chips with poor equity and positional disadvantage.

A4s in the big blind against a button open is a strong hand that also works well as a 3-bet bluff, thanks to the ace blocker and its suitedness. Raising to 10bb takes the initiative, and calling remains a fine alternative.

J8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, even in position.

K9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while retaining positional advantage if called.

83o in the small blind facing a button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; it's out of position with poor equity.

T9 offsuit has enough equity and playability to defend the big blind against a button min-ish raise at this price.

I have an open-ended straight draw, but checking to the preflop raiser keeps the pot manageable and lets me see their action.

King-high has some showdown value, but this hand has little backdoor equity and no flush potential. Checking back keeps the pot controlled and lets me reassess the turn in position.

With an open-ended straight draw and little showdown value, a turn bet can win the pot now while leaving eight straight outs if called.

King-high has no direct draw and too little equity to call a 375-chip bet into 550. With no strong blockers or credible draw to support a bluff raise, folding is best.